In the episode, Shandling and Seinfeld reminisce about their stand-up and television days in L.A.

UPDATE at 2:18 p.m. Thursday, March 24: The Los Angeles Fire Department issued a statement with more information about the death. Citing privacy law, the LAFD did not name Shandling.

The department said it responded to a medical emergency in the 1700 block of N. Correa Way, in the Mandeville Canyon area of Brentwood, at 10:40 a.m. today.

"LAFD paramedics transported an adult male to a local hospital, where he was subsequently pronounced deceased," the department said in its statement. "The LAFD will have no further comment, nor will the department release patient information, due to federal healthcare privacy laws."

Dennis Romero has worked on staff at several magazines and newspapers, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Times, where he participated in Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the L.A. riots. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone online, the Guardian, and, as a
young stringer, the New York Times.